Vikings GM Spielman: “Ponder is our guy”

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Nov 14, 2012

"I know everybody in this organization believes Christian Ponder is our guy," Vikings GM Rick Spielman said on Wednesday. Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman is giving quarterback Christian Ponder a big vote of confidence. Spielman says "I hav… (more)e full, 100 percent belief that Christian Ponder's going to be our quarterback heading into the future." “I know everybody in this organization believes Christian Ponder is our guy,” Spielman said, via Tom Pelissero of 1500ESPN.com. Spielman made the comments on Wednesday during a bye-week session with reporters. You look at the history of development of quarterbacks and I've talked to you guys a lot about that and where they come. Christian Ponder's up-and-down performance in his first full season as the Vikings starting quarterback has draped plenty of criticism on his shoulders from the team's demanding fans. But he had a nice bounce-back last week in a win over Detroit that moved the Vikings to 6-4.